DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Ruffalo’s film, directed by Todd Haynes, debuted to critical acclaim, earning a Rotten Tomatoes critics' rating of 91 percent, with The Atlantic calling it a “chilling true story of corporate indifference.”. Tags: DuPont Royal Dutch Shell Plc petrochemical development air and water pollution Ohio River Valley

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 14, 2023

Anyone who wants to nominate a young person to be entered can also do so by tagging or, if they aren’t on LinkedIn, nominating them on the post featuring the hashtag. Plus, from a marketing point of view, supporting young engineers is a great story to tell.” “I absolutely love iFixit,” said Matt.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 20, 2020

For a long time, the story went that the tobacco industry cooked up disinformation and then spread it to the fossil fuel guys, the chemical industry, pharma, you name it. Tags: disinformation COVID-19 pr tobacco American Petroleum Institute Edelman Public Relations astroturfing Originally published by Drilled News.

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Energy and Cleantech Council

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Earlier this week, Greenwire (subscription required) had an interesting story about the role that EPA’s estimate of the cost to comply with the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards rule played in the politics and judicial review of the rule. Unfortunately, the $9.6 Unfortunately, the $9.6 People forget that markets work.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 2, 2019

has contributed to record levels of fossil fuel production, a critical part of that story also involves water. In addition, once the oil and gas industry is finished with the water involved in pumping out fossil fuels, disposing of or treating that toxic wastewater, known as produced water, becomes yet another problem.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 26, 2019

However, Railway Age, the leading rail industry publication, attacked The Times' coverage in an incredibly flawed critique. In reality, both stories miss the mark on oil train safety. Tags: Lac-Megantic Bomb Trains The New York Times Railway Age oil trains

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 10, 2020

This story originally appeared in the Hot Take newsletter. It's an underhanded trick that's almost as old as the industry itself. Read time: 7 mins The oil giant funds both civil rights groups and police, saying “Black Lives Matter” while committing acts of environmental racism all over the world. By Amy Westervelt.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Read time: 9 mins This story is part of Covering Climate Now , a global collaboration of more than 250 news outlets to strengthen coverage of the climate story. . Tags: solar geoengineering geoengineering bill gates David Keith American Enterprise Institute ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) rex tillerson Covering Climate Now 2019

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 22, 2020

It developed the sustainability-minded audience by capturing a list of terms that someone interested in sustainability may use in their Twitter bio, or by tagging accounts that a climate activist may follow. To reach these rankings, Zoomph’s platform started with about 342 million anonymized profiles.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Read time: 7 mins This story is part of Covering Climate Now , a global collaboration of more than 250 news outlets to strengthen coverage of the climate story. . That is the situation facing one of the world’s most powerful industries, on one of the most consequential issues of our time, climate change.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

This story originally appeared in Columbia Journalism Review ( CJR ). It is republished here as part of DeSmog's partnership with Covering Climate Now , a global collaboration of more than 250 news outlets to strengthen coverage of the climate story. Read time: 9 mins By Brendan Fitzgerald, CJR.

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Michael Grossman

MAY 4, 2023

And if you want to dominate the Twitter platform, all it takes is diligence and creativity (plus a good story). If you run a B2B climate tech company in an obscure industry like fusion, water remediation, or safer chemicals, 456 nods from colleagues and early adopters are like a standing ovation at the Hollywood Bowl.

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Planet Pulse

JANUARY 11, 2024

Our weekly newsletter, Planet Snapshots, makes understanding satellite images and the stories they reveal easy. We’re kicking-off 2024 by sharing a select number of issues here on Pulse, so keep an eye out for these eye-opening stories that explore our changing world. All of yesterday’s growth and fun came with a steep price tag.

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AGreenLiving

MAY 4, 2021

It appears even the luxury car industry is touched by the efficient and versatile 3D printing trade. “The 000 custom represents an industry first, and while we are incredibly proud of what we achieved here, this is just the beginning.” 1016 Industries Images via 1016 Industries. The rest is here:Â .

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 5, 2021

To the wind industry, to the energy transition, and perhaps most of all, to the sustainability of the planet. Downtime, maintenance, deratings, and other issues all result in lost energy and the industry has been trying to reduce these losses for many years. Contributed by Won Shin, Vice President of Products, ONYX Insight.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Bishop said that industry proponents point to Shell’s Quest project as a success story, but added it’s small scale compared with Pathways. A recent investigation by DeSmog analyzing subpoenaed internal oil industry communications revealed Big Oil is primarily interested in carbon capture as a means to maintain or increase production.

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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 19, 2022

Utilities typically have plenty of energy and it’s during peak hours or when they have commercial industrial loads, that they become concerned. However, for the data that comes from monitoring distribution transformers, it’s a different story. How can predictive data enable utilities to improve energy savings?

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Mr. Sustainability

MARCH 17, 2021

Changing desert into a renewable paradise As governments and industries seek less-polluting alternatives to hydrocarbons, the world’s biggest crude exporter doesn’t want to cede the upcoming hydrogen business to China, Europe or Australia and lose a potentially massive source of income. The hydrogen plant is part of that vision.

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

It isn’t easy to undo a century of industrial pollution — or even agree on how to do it. The five-mile stretch of Seattle’s only river was declared a Superfund site in 2001 after nearly 100 years of industrial activity, such as the manufacturing of airplane parts and the production of asphalt. David Ryder / Getty Images.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 27, 2023

but did not tag Shell, nor mention his commercial relationship with the brand. He told DeSmog that to make meaningful progress towards the energy transition “you have to work with big industry,” adding that Shell’s biofuels are part of that solution. This was also not the first time that Campbell had partnered with Shell.

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Mr. Sustainability

MARCH 17, 2021

Changing desert into a renewable paradise As governments and industries seek less-polluting alternatives to hydrocarbons, the world’s biggest crude exporter doesn’t want to cede the upcoming hydrogen business to China, Europe or Australia and lose a potentially massive source of income. The hydrogen plant is part of that vision.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 12, 2022

In recent months, Cheniere Energy, the largest LNG exporter in the United States, has begun providing emissions data , which it calls “carbon emissions tags,” or CE tags, for its gas. The tags quantify the greenhouse gas emissions of a given LNG cargo, with the aim of easing buyers’ concerns. But there are problems here as well.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 22, 2020

It developed the sustainability-minded audience by capturing a list of terms that someone interested in sustainability may use in their Twitter bio, or by tagging accounts that a climate activist may follow. To reach these rankings, Zoomph’s platform started with about 342 million anonymized profiles.

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Business Green

AUGUST 26, 2022

It is easy to forget, but in the run up to the release of the Energy Security Strategy stories were briefed about plans to significantly expand domestic energy efficiency schemes and ease planning restrictions on onshore wind and solar farms. There was no Minister on the morning media round this morning.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Utilities regularly swap out equipment that falls below industry and regulatory standards, but at least 43,000 defective gas meters purchased by NW Natural in the early 2000s have contributed to a major spike in the number of meters requiring replacement in recent years, according to communications between the utility and regulators.

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Better Ventures

APRIL 13, 2021

How technology will enable a new wave of startup companies to make tele-behavioral health better than in-person therapy There’s an old story in technology circles about how at the dawn of television, people didn’t know what to do with it, so they basically put a radio show on television. Feel raised $6.2M Prescription Digital Therapeutics?—?Alternative

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 29, 2020

The story of how MacDonald got here is a tale of adventure and tragedy fit for a Hollywood thriller, only it is real. Even with many unknowns, MacDonald’s case unearths a shocking part of the world’s most powerful industry that somehow has remained hidden for generations.

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Grist

JUNE 2, 2023

This story was co-published with Fast Company. Preliminary estimates suggest that the price tag on filtering forever chemicals out of America’s drinking water is more than $3.8 David Peters’s nightmare began on a Monday in the spring of 2016, just before the end of the work day. billion per year.

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Green Technology

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Everything in the news about global warming, pollution, and sea level rise, that’s one side of the story. Industrialized humans have lost connection to nature; we need to understand that we are a part of nature, not separate from it. But humans have incredible ingenuity. Bookmark the permalink.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 30, 2023

This story is part of The North Sea Investigations , a multi-year international reporting project on the battle for the future of the North Sea, led by Dutch investigative journalism platform Follow the Money in cooperation with Norwegian broadcaster NRK , Belgian newspaper De Tijd, and DeSmog. One by one, mussels fall down from the sky.

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CleanTech San Diego

APRIL 3, 2024

Including your Instagram handle allows visitors to easily know how to find you on social and tag you in a post. Leverage your social media platforms to amplify these authentic stories and testimonials! Research trending hashtags in your industry by using tools like Hootsuite! But, that of your brand. Or just lazy.

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The Verge: Energy

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

For this story, we’re focusing on the most common kind, called an air source heat pump. That’s a hefty price tag for a renter if you’re comparing it to a window AC unit, and the new unit isn’t likely to be cheaper. To cool a home in the summertime, the system works in reverse to essentially pump hot air out of the building.

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Mr. Sustainability

APRIL 18, 2021

Transforming this fossil feedstock and the industry behind it requires an immense amount of green hydrogen, in the very least 2GW of renewable energy coming from a windfarm like IJmuiden Ver. The end goal is to create circular fuel for the maritime industry in Rotterdam. Are you currently a vessel owner and operate from Rotterdam?

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Mr. Sustainability

APRIL 18, 2021

If we want to create synthetic fuel for the marine industry and use hydrogen as a feedstock, we could end up needing in excess of 50GW. Over 20% of all Dutch emissions are coming from the Rotterdam port area , of which the petrochemical industry is one of the main culprits. We focus on the maritime industry for a reason.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 23, 2020

Read time: 9 mins This story is a part of Covering Climate Now’s week of coverage focused on Climate Solutions, to mark the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. Covering Climate Now is a global journalism collaboration committed to strengthening coverage of the climate story.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Ad industry journals, car mags and the EV press all analyzed and criticized the three spots in detail. Of course, this has long been the norm for auto industry advertising – the Bowl also featured an ad for a Kia gas-guzzler that told an inspiring story about hard work and achievement, but said nothing about cars whatsoever.). (Of

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 6, 2021

deals to sell natural gas this winter carry a price tag that’s roughly double or triple the costs in recent years , with a few traders placing bets that U.S. But there’s no shortage of examples of industry advocates suggesting the public should blame renewables for upheaval in the natural gas market. In the U.S.,

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